[theweatherman]

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Nuclear weapons are obviously a terrible weapon which the world wouldprobably be betteroff without. HOwever from a Game theory pov if one has them then everyone shoul d have tehm. The situation is far more dangerous when one power can nuke anotherwith no fear of represuccions.

Thebest idea is to create a senario where offensive nukes are a losing proposition.

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This might well have applied with regard the former USSR and the USA, but it does not equally apply to regimes which are radical, unstable, or in cohorts with terrorists.

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The international system is based on rational actors. Unfortunatly there is no judge of rationality. Iran has done nothing to warrant any doubt of its rationality.

Keep in mind that the US has sponsered terrorists in Cuba, Afganistan, and Nicaragua. Sponsoring terrorists in this case is a piss poor measure of rationality.